Breaking 60

January 27th 2017

By Brittany Schnorr

To commemorate the 11 golfers who have earned sub-60 scores in professional competition, the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum opened its newest exhibit, Breaking 60. The idea for the exhibit came after Jim Furyk’s historic final round at the 2016 Travelers Championship. During that round, Furyk tied the lowest recorded score in golf history with a 58 and simultaneously became the only golfer to mark two sub-60 rounds (he previously scored a 59 in the second round of the 2013 BMW Championship). Furyk graciously loaned his scorecard, glove, hat and ball from the round to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

After plans were set to honor the then-nine golfers to attain this feat, two more PGA TOUR players came swooping in with their own 59s. Justin Thomas opened his 2017 Sony Open tournament with a 59 – a tournament he subsequently won – followed by another 59 hit by Adam Hadwin during the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge the next week.